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@themightyant Yeah sadly that is true, as we know. But i am sure there were better idea’s than a live service God of War game that Sony handed them. That is just a plain out dumb idea. Still sucks to see BP gone.

@johnedwin Bluepoint did not want to do remakes anymore but original games.

So did Sony not want those original idea’s or did they just want more remakes and live service games? Cause fairgames will likely go under on their next live service games. Bungie is so so, Insomniac is basically a Marvel studio. Seems like some original new games could have been a nice fit. No?

@johnedwin you mean like they did for Battlefield 6 and other titles? Yeah good call 🙄

The Top selling games are almost the same on both platforms. It’s just Xbox has a smaller marketshare and another way to pay to play. Otherwise game IP’s in the top 10 are the same on both platforms . GTA 6 will sell gangbusters on both.

@datamonkey If it’s optimised for the pro I’ll get it there.

It would have to be really reduced as GTA is one of the few games that are CPU bound and the Pro has largely the same CPU as the Base PS5. Not saying they couldn’t reduce NPC’s and such but it won’t be the same likely as the CPU will bottleneck this game until PC and Next gen.

Well on the bright side Sony still has plenty of studios to make Sad Dad games and never forget Naughty Dog is going to go as Woke as a Joke on their next game. So I’d say PS5 still has plenty left in the tank. Good thing they are delaying PS6 🙄

@GamingGod Sony does make a lot of revenue but their profits have been razor thin and the investors have been asking for more profit. Just sucks for some of my friends at Bluepoint. I am from Austin and this is the second closure of studios this gen in my hometown. I plan to drive by the studio this weekend and see if they are moving stuff out. Sad times.

@Millionski Moores law is dead has the AMD leaks as PS6 between a 5070 and 5080 and the Magnus (Xbox) at 5090 specs we will see in time but moores law has good leads with his AMD leaks. It makes sense for the time frame they are targeting. But price will be a concern on both fronts.

Windows will for sure be the kernel but it will not be the OS. The already said that without saying it. It will be Console like Ui for controller support. Windows kernel will be a plus for the Xbox as games will be made for PC all around and scaled per hardware spec. They should have done this sooner in my opinion. That’s what the OG Xbox was about. PC hardware under the Tv.

PS5 and Series consoles are just X86 boxes with closed ecosystems. Which is fine but opening it up more i think will be welcomed by a lot of players. Others won’t notice or care.

Sadly Steam might be cooked in the hardware if prices on parts don’t come down soon. They don’t have. The scale nor the cash to burn like the big 3. For as good as the Steam Deck is it’s around a 5 million unit seller. People on here whine and cry about 30 plus million Xbox sales and praise a steam deck that has around 4.5. Not sure with the lesser specs and lack of retail if Steam Machine can do all that much better and with the cost of parts it might be a tough to launch device.

For me i will get the next Xbox and PS6 and of course i already have a Switch 2. But i find what Xbox is cooking to be really interesting. PS6 will be a more powerful PS5 which is fine but i can’t use a Sony controller for my main platform, so it will still just be used for Exclusives here and there and if Xbox don’t deliver what i want i will just go PC with a Xbox controller and Switch 2. So the industry has a lot of options still which i find to be a good thing. 😊

I am more of a Red Dead fan, but it would be nice to see the tech used on GTA 6 as it will be carried over for RDR 3 or whatever they will call it. I just hope the rumor is true that RDR 2 Series X is still coming out this summer before GTA.6 marketing. Nate the Hate the most reliable leaker in the business say’s it’s real and still coming. My hopes aren’t high but i want it to be true. GTA 6 on Series X for me just not sure about launch.

@Millionski MS didn’t go the easy way for the Series consoles. They made Xbox and Xbox 360 titles BC and not only that but upscale and run better FPS and resolution. It’s rumored to do the same with the next Xbox but even taking it a step forward if rumors are to be believed.

I get it, it’s easy to just on the MS will do this, MS will do that. They are Dead etc etc. but PS5 and Series X are PC’s now. They are just closed off. Next Xbox will just take more advantage of windows gaming and devs will have a baseline now for PC and all those games will come to Xbox. Xbox in name is PC to console. They did that early on in their beginnings. They are going back to it but in a bigger way. It won’t be for everyone. But many will go for a $1000 dollar console that outpowers a much more expensive PC equivalent. Moore’s law is Dead has the leaked specs to be a 5090 when it comes out it will be behind the 6090 but a 5090 will still be upwards of a grand by itself. So a Xbox that has that type of power and came play all your steam and Xbox games will be marketed towards the pre builds that are more expensive.

@Fiendish-Beaver we don’t know what the PS6 will cost anymore than we know what the next Xbox will be. It’s all YouTubers and some leakers talking at the moment. Both will be expensive. With Xbox being a more powerful and premium box. Likely even able to use word and excel. Making college kids and younger types gettting it over a less powerful PC. Steam always gets this credit like they sell many units. The steam deck is at like 5 million sold tops. Steam Machine we have no idea about and it’s super underpowered, the price of that and not having retail will likely make it another niche seller like the deck. PS6 won’t be cheap but it has a healthy worldwide fan base that will support it. It just depends on when the RAM and storage bubble burst. That will drive up the price on all devices using those parts, much beyond just gaming.

@Millionski Xbox already has its Ui and Xbox OS in the works. That has been talked about. It will be in line with what Steam is doing on the Deck and console. MS themselves has said the next Xbox will be console plug and play focused around a Ui and windows light type of OS. So that i think is mostly settled on and it’s been on this site they are hard at work on tweaking that with the learnings and findings from RoG. That was an early testing launch for their bigger plans. The SOC with AMD has been talked about forward and backward compatibility. Something MS has lead the industry in. So i am very much looking forward to their efforts there and we may get some more leaks and conversations with MS leadership about it sooner than later. But they have spoken a lot already about it being a console and open like a PC. Even said players that don’t want to leave the Xbox side will use it like a new Series X.

@fatpunkslim @Fiendish-Beaver i know you aren’t trolling buddy, we go way back. But yes what FatPunk and myself are saying is very true. You wouldn’t out spec the PS6 to be a cloud only based machine. The Xbox ROG is a download from a store front. Trust and me and Fat on this one. Now that doesn’t mean you will or won’t like the next Xbox. But you will buy and download games to it.

@Fiendish-Beaver that would never happen. Cause they are building it with power to play it locally. Plus they don’t need hardware to stream games. Cloud streaming is a thing now on an App via your TV. You don’t need hardware for that.

@fatpunkslim you wouldn’t even need any specs for streaming it would just be an app on your TV or handheld as the cloud server blades and internet is your horsepower. The type of console MS is building here is raw power. It’s going to be desktop type power just under your TV with console like experience. Which sounds great truthfully. A console that is no longer locked down. You’d think more players would be welcoming that. Plus if the rumor holds true of no online paywall. This is a win in my book.

@Fiendish-Beaver play anywhere is just a license of owning the game. So you can legally play it on other devices. It won’t be streaming. That would kill the whole idea. The idea is maybe you have a beefy PC to play games on at home but when you are on the go you want to be able to play on a handheld. Now you can and it’s not streaming it. That would cause more mess and make players not want it. If gamers want to stream games there is cloud gaming for that.

@Fiendish-Beaver the next Xbox will not be streaming games. Why put in all that power and SOC’s if it’s a cloud streaming device? It’s going to be a local hardware device. Even Phil said on the Xbox handheld he knew gamers didn’t want to stream and have the games locally on the device. So you can for sure take that worry aside. You don’t build a $1000 plus device with RDNA 5 with 30-40 GB of ram to stream.

@Titntin couldn’t agree more friend. At one point in my life Castlevania was among my top IP’s all time. Symphony of the night to me is a masterpiece. The Super NES games are great. I always wanted to see it come back. I am afraid to say this will be a slam dunk as I don’t know enough about it. I don’t want it to be rougelite or anything like that. I want it to be modern day Castlevania and if it is. I won’t be able to put the controller down on this one. Might even have to double dip and snag Xbox and Switch 2 copies. Finger’s crossed.

@nomither6 thanks my friend. You do as well and you know I love it when you call the dual sense a fatty over on the other website. HHAHA makes me laugh every time.

ME: no one can make a controller more uncomfortable than Sony

Steam: Hold my Beer!

Hard pass based on low VRAM and controller design that is barely better than the first attempt. Which was so bad I laughed when I held it that people actually paid for it to use.

@nomither6 to your point and i agree. People’s laptops, cars and truck don’t come with a disc drive no more and yet people complain that physical is dying and playing second fiddle. Of course it is. Consoles are some of the last purchases on planet earth that come with a disc drive. The only thing i like about Dual sense is the included internal battery. The Elite 2 has a great battery, i hope we get that on this new updated controller. It would be a huge welcome!!

@Cakefish if you don’t know me well on here, i will just say i am a controller snob. It’s the most important part of a console to me. I own a Series X, Switch 2 and PS5. I play my Xbox the most cause of the controller feel in hand. PS5 controller kills my left thumb in 30 ish minutes of use. So i main console Xbox over PS cause of the controller and really little else. Maybe ui but 80% controller. To your point Switch 2 controller shocked me how comfy and nice to use it is. I love it. I snagged Red Dead for Switch 2 as well as Xbox with the latest update and the controller for switch 2 feels great. So now my PS5 is basically if i have to play it there i will and my left thumb will kill me. I know not everyone is controller crazy like myself but it makes or breaks a console for me and PS has yet to make a controller i can say i truly enjoy. Switch Pro controller is great, nice shout out!!! 😊

@dskatter i know what you mean. You ain’t wrong! Some of it tho is Nintendo still carries a nice market share on physical games. Sony and MS and of course PC is just so far digital and growing even more and more. Nintendo likely will be the last hold out on physical. But yeah i feel for you physical owners cause i don’t think yall get a fair shake of your money these days.

@dskatter i know what you mean. But physical buyers have to understand they are now the smaller market and not something all dev’s prioritize. Sucks i know. But it’s just the nature of where the money is and more players buy digitally. Even stores are carrying less and less physical and shrinking the retail space for it. I don’t buy physical but i would like to see it be there for those that enjoy it still.

@dskatter likely disc space. As Switch 2 don’t use high res texture packs. Lot’s of games simply don’t fit on Blu-Ray anymore. I mean let’s be honest some companies are just cheap and don’t want to bother with physical media. There’s that. But many games with high res texture packs simply don’t fit on disc and so you download it all. With Switch 2 most of their games are smaller and of course compressed so i am not sure why key cards are such a thing. Anyhow, good showing for the Switch 2 today and of course later this spring we get the 1st party Switch event.

@OldGamer999 this is what the industry is seeing now and it’s not just some of the studios MS bought and managed. Ubisoft games are not selling and they are going back to the drawing board on a lot of titles and even canceling some. Sony canceled many games and had a few tank. Gamers are locked into the top top selling games and we know what those are and everything else is gnawing at the bone for time and attention. I ain’t saying MS don’t make mistakes nor don’t the studios they bought. But gaming software needs a shake up. Cause if GTA 5 can keep this many players locked into a game or 2 per year, year in and year out. GTA 6 is about to sink many devs. Gamers just don’t have the time or money to play all these games and some of the games are good, decent or bad and it don’t seem to matter. COD Black OP’s 7 was in dev time before MS get’s to make it mark on that studio. MS is about to change a lot about COD going forward. Rumors are a reboot and new series, but that game was the last of what was kind of planned before bought. So i give them a little grace there. Even myself with all 3 consoles, i have bought less and less software pre year cause the games just don’t grab me in a way they should for that price and time invested. I’d rather play Gears and RDR over and over.

Has Blizzard like many other devs stepped on rakes lately? Sure they have, but Blizzard was and still is on my short short list of all time favorites. It’s Nintendo and Blizzard and Rockstar that has IP’s that still excite me like a teenager all over again. Sure they mess up at times. But their games still pull me into their worlds like very few teams can. I can’t wait to see what’s cooking.

@Fiendish-Beaver Brother I CAN NOT WAIT for E-DAY!

Same i got a PS4 and PS5 and i play it maybe 4-5 times a year when a exclusive comes out and to your point i know it’s not good vaule i just like to own tech. I do play my Switch 2 more than i thought i would. I am playing RDR on it now and Mario Galaxy. I like the feel and size of the 2 over the OG switch. Think that helps. But yep, Xbox day one whenever it comes out and it will be my main as well brother. Enjoy all the games you can cause when E-Day hits that will take up a lot of your time.

@Fiendish-Beaver i think the reason it’s quiet is it simply just isn’t time right now. They need to get these big games out. Enjoy some console sales success with GTA 6. Cause that will move some Xbox’s. Celebrate thier anniversary show etc etc. no sense in showing it to early. Now they have talked about it which i enjoy. There are many sites showing it raw commute power from what they are building and working with AMD on. So this is normal next gen leak stuff. Now if it were 2027 and we didn’t hear and see more I’d be a little more confused. But i do think we see it in a year or two pending the RAM issues. Not only in price but just inventory. It’s all gone at the moment. I want to just say cause we are old enough to remember OG Xbox. Let me just remind you of someting and see if it helps at all. It does and doesn’t for me. But it’s true and you know i like to keep it Honest. HAHA

Back when OG Xbox came out PS2 was selling like crazy. And what did fans and industry people and not what say? Xbox is dead, MS failed, Xbox is over. Then 360 came and it got quiet and lots and i mean here in America LOTS of PS fans went Xbox. Then Xbox one and we know the PS Xbox guys went back to PS and what started back up? Xbox is dead, Xbox is over. Then the Series consoles came out and it’s the same thing Xbox is dead. These people have been saying Xbox is dead my friend for 25 years. Minus the 360 and here we are in a few years time away from a Xbox that has windows and can play everything. I know MS steps on rakes from time to time. I get it. But they haven’t done the one thing i am sure some inside MS are upset by and thats leave the hardware business in mobile. Cause once you leave hardware like they did with phones you can’t get back in. I know the phones weren’t selling well. It would have taken a bold move for them to gain some users. But once you leave it’s over over. I don’t think internally they want to do that with gaming. Wait it out until all the younger gamers are ready for cloud.

One more thing and i tell you all the die, you aren’t dying anytime soon, I’ll pray for it. You are a good friend of mine on here. Always have been. Even when we disagree we are bouncing different views and ideas to one another. But while you are here you deserve to game and be happy with whatever tech you choose going forward. You have supported Xbox from the beginning like me. If going forward you choose not to. I wouldn’t blame you. I’d be happy you are here and healthy enough to game and still enjoy its offering. You ain’t going no where and either is Xbox hardware and im sticking to it. HAHA

@Fiendish-Beaver i see and understand your point. But Xbox is still making money. .they have plans to make their Hardware profitable. They have deals with OEM hardware makers in place it’s been rumored. They likely shift into their Laptop business. Surface don’t sell like HP, Dell and Asus. But MS still makes a premium first party offering. Seems that is the direction of this PC/Console Xbox. Time will tell. To your point of just buy a PS. That’s fine, players can do that. It won’t hurt MS in software sales and they will still sell consoles to players that want their ecosystem even tho we agree that number is smaller and smaller each gen. I’m stuck, i can’t switch to PS only cause that controller hurts my left thumb in 30 mins or even less. For me it’s an awful experience, take Steam for an example they make lots of money on software and sell hardware that doesn’t even sell Xbox numbers and they are coming out with more hardware. MS will do the same cause it’s another storefront competing with Steam and others. While MS will make money on every hardware device there is by selling it’s games. As of now that is all i can go off of. They are to far along to not release the next Xbox. Rumors even point to it being shown off at this yeats big anniversary show. Once they do that it’s coming. But i get your points and i know 100% you don’t want Xbox to leave the console space. But all i can say is for the next 10 years i don’t have any reason to think they will. By then is it cloud and PC? Maybe. But maybe they release another PC/Xbox console. Hard to look out that far and say.

@Fiendish-Beaver i will tell you what i tell them on the other site when.i hear all Xbox games are on PS why need a Xbox? The same reason when MS makes a PC/Xbox hybrid why would i need a PS? All to most of PS5 games are on Steam. The more PC grows and takes over 3rd party sales from console i think that is the bigger concern moving forward alongside growing console prices.

MS and Phil has made the statement they know Xbox has a lot of gamers that like the console and they are for sure making not 1 but 2 new hardware devices. We know that means Console and handheld but wait there’s more. With PC Xbox’s now OEM can step in and make even more Xbox’s. So all of a sudden there is more hardware coming from MS and it’s partners then ever in the history of Xbox. So i am not worried about hardware going away. What i have always said is MS and Sony will stop making consoles the day that the majority of players are playing and happy with cloud. Thats still some time away, but not as far as many think. Then us 25-35 million hardcore gamers will play on PC. Thats the future, not saying i fully love it and not saying consoles will be completely gone but PS7 if a thing will look more like this next Xbox coming up then PS5 and PS6. Cause that is the storefronts and ecosystems younger kids are going too.

MS knows they aren’t going to outsell PS worldwide and they don’t need to, they need their studios making money and profits. While letting other devs worry about how they make money. But those other devs are playing attention and we are selling a platform with around 35 million users getting games that once weren’t on the platform, Final fantasy, Hell divers 2, Death stranding and more to come. That tells me devs know every million or two of sales matter and thus the Xbox is more alive than many think it is. Money is coming in and we all know MS don’t close things that make money and yes even tho less sales than we’d all like to see for Series consoles that is the main driver of money for MS gaming. Look at Battlefield 6, in the first 10 days it sold 1.5 on PS5, 1.2 on Xbox and thats with 2.5x less units and then 3.3 on steam. Those show that Xbox users do buy games and devs will be there. I think with all this said if you still like Xbox and its ecosystem you have nothing to worry about for a long time. As cloud won’t fully replace the box and carry over your library anytime soon.

@Llamageddon 2026 is looking to be a great software year. Now if we can just get the RAM prices down and away from AI data centers so hardware don’t keep going up that would be nice. Games wise it seems like a loaded year. Yeah some people don’t like one or the other layout, some don’t care and use both. But i love that we have choices. Enjoy what you are playing and give me a shout anytime!!

@Llamageddon Very well said. I completely agree. Lots of change is coming to the gaming industry which is always been the case. It always evolves and changes. I am happy to see more people get to play and enjoy. But i don’t like the PS5 controller enough to play anything more than a few exclusive Sony titles on PS5. I have never cared for Sony controllers since the PS1 days, but with PS1 and PS2 i had to use those controllers cause i didn’t have much choice were the software was at. Now with games being on every platform i can simply play were my left thumb don’t feel awful after 30 mins. I have nothing against PS consoles the same way i have nothing against Xbox’s. I like gaming. But having choice is nice and so is off set thumbs sticks for me. Now if Apple made a great console i might fanboy a little HAHA, i love Apple products since the OG pod. Again well said and written reply. I think we would talk industry talk well together new friend!!!

I got no time for this. I enjoy when teams take a creative risk. The industry is a lot of the same these days. So this is for sure some thing different. But i have no interest in it at all. Hope it’s fun for those that try it. Who knows crazier things have happened so maybe it finds a little player base that adores it. But seems to out there.

@OldGamer999 i was on that thread for a min and posted and left. You have high end Sony TV’s, I worked part time for years at Best Buy and sold high end TV’s, most of them were saying things that were so not true, i just avoided it due to lack of time and effort needed. Sony is not in great shape outside of PS. There TV business has been sliding down for 20 years. They went more high end premium but only for Cinema and not as much games. LG went hard on a gamer Tv and less on Cinema. But the Price Sony wanted for those TV’s was always off the mark, either there was a model in another brand better and cheaper or the model that the Sony was better it wasn’t leaps and bounds but the price was. Sad to see them need a partnership but it’s not surprising. If PS ever lost 15-20% of their revenue Sony would be overall in bad bad shape from a consumer electronics side.

@OldGamer999 the only reason they don’t want those games on other consoles is so they can pretend to belong to someting only they and other PS players can enjoy. Thats not a gamer. Remember back in the day when us gamers used to go to the Arcade and put tokens in to play? Imagine a kid walking up to the machine and asking to join the game and you said NO. Thats not a good feeling and this comes off to me as a little bit of that and they would lose all their internet babble and banter to haggle other gamers. Thats it, thats the only reason they don’t want that. Cause otherwise they pretend to care so much for Sony’s bottom line and PS success. But not if it comes at their expense of being jerks online to other gamers on other platforms. Sorry but i don’t support that and while Nintendo is Nintendo they are going to be in a pinch this generation if RAM prices push the Switch 2 out of little Jimmies and Kimmies parents price range. Hard to sell Switch software sales numbers when no one can afford Switch 2. Owning physical hardware in the future is looking to be very expensive and that could change a lot of where we see games at in the future. I appreciate you a lot and you know that. I know you speak your mind on here and other sites. Nothing you are saying is coming from a place to take away from gamers or the platforms. Heck you own them all like me. But be very careful trying to get the PS kids to share their snacks. They don’t play nice. HAHAHA

This Show was all about Fable for me, i love the first 2 on 360 and while the 3rd was just ok, i played it and beat it to finish the Trilogy. But Playground games is a top tier dev team. I knew they would deliver with Fable but i still wanted to see what they were cooking and it looks stunning. I don’t buy many single player games at full price. No need to really. But this one is day one for me. I thought the open world and graphics were amazing and dare i say the first open world I’ve been super excited to explore since RDR2. That would be a lot to live up to but i am expecting Fable to wow me in many ways.

@OldGamer999 MS has been a Publisher for a while now and it’s great to see. Games should be in more places to play and the money trail shows it works. Sony won’t sit back for the next 10-15 years and not look to more places to support. In fact they have said PC is more and more important to them. As it should be PC gaming is leading the way in software sales for most 3rd party games. Hell Divers 2 without PC would have been a mid selling game. PC carried that title. MS and other companies has given up on one platform games and while Nintendo kind of can’t do that if they want to stay in Hardware Sony can. Sony bringing its games to other platforms will not stop people from walking into a store and buying a PS console. The same way MS games going to PS won’t stop me from buying an Xbox.

@GamingGod Yeah i would agree with all those you mentioned. You can see and even feel the difference. I agree with you on that. However certain games i really wanted to be that good or better on Pro were a dud and that is not the hardware cause we know it can do it. That is dev’s not taking the time or having the money and time etc etc. i never played the Final Fantasy on PS5 but i watch the pro review on that game and holy smokes it was night and day difference as well, not sure if you played that one or not. It looked like PS5 vs a PC it was that much of a difference. I think that was the first big standout on Pro. So i was like i gotta trade or sell my base PS5 for a Pro and then i did and most the games i like or just average at best on Pro. But hey it’s not all lost cause this FSR.4 update could really turn it around for all games. I just wish i liked the controller more, it just don’t jive with me for shooters and faster paced games. Slower games it’s fine enough.

I play less games these days and put more time into the ones i really like. So a subscription isn’t a good investment for me. But in 2026 Gamepass will have some huge titles coming to it and could be great for the right users. Really hoping the next console we don’t need to pay for online since it’s more a PC. That would be a blessing.

@GamingGod on assassin creed it made it look like a whole new game. That was impressive. Most games it’s a eh. Digital Foundary videos on Pro are something i watch a lot and it’s been so so. However i am excited for the FSR 4 patch to PSSR. That could make the Pro very capable. Should be out before March they said. Could be great or devs still don’t get it and this gen is over by the time they do. But it will improve the PS6 and next Xbox as they both will be using it from day 1

@oopsiezz Sony’s PS5 Pro has been a mixed bag if you follow it. I wanted it to be leaps over the base consoles and for a few games it is. Problem is some games on Pro have been reported as worse than base consoles. With many games showing very little upgrade which tells me PSSR isn’t ready and the devs still barely take the time for Pro models. Be it time and resources or it having the lower install base or what not. But PS5 Pro has left even some of the hardest hardcore PS hardware fans saying WTF? So i am not missing the Xbox Series X Pro like i thought i would be a few years back. If you are i understand just wanted to remind players that the Pro console this gen is not what it was last gen where it was mostly always an upgrade over base and fairly easy for the average eye to see.

@TheGameThrifter Xbox makes the year even better for PS5 owners!

I read this and got nervous. I thought oh no, MS is making Sad Dad simulators now too? Sure glad i jump to that conclusion only to be wrong.

Some will complain about this, but that box isn’t intended for Ray tracing and full scale production. It’s a Honda Civic, good price and it get’s you from A-B, you want the sports car you pay for the sports car. That said i think the S has held its weight, just stinks the Ram issues are driving the price up on it to a point it’s not a good investment like it once was. Next up will be the Switch, rumors of it hitting $599 by years end would also really limit it’s reach and ask the question if the tech inside is worth it. I have 2 Series X and never had the S but always thought it ran most things well within reason.

Exclusives are dying. MS is just the first of the console makers to do it. Sony exes keep hinting at their games coming to PC sooner and other platforms being needed to grow IP’s. Nintendo of course will be the last hold out. But with RAM prices raising the cost of hardware. It’s likely to see many teams want their games on more platforms. Then the whole question is will consumers even be able to afford compute power in the future. All these companies are going to try and get you into cloud services sooner than later. As raw hardware is going to be to costly for mass appeal. I for one enjoy the fact that exclusivity is in its wind down stage. More games in more places is great news.

I love my Switch 2. It’s just what i wanted. A more powerful and well built Switch. But i have no reason to be excited for COD on it. I would love to see MS bring some other titles to it tho. I am sure in time they will.

@Xboxian360 I would be all for that but the issue is Xbox never was, likely never will be and surely isn’t currently bigger install base than PS. So to make $200-$400 million dollar games and lock it to one box when that one box is the smaller install base isn’t math that will keep them going. People aren’t going to just sell off their PS4 PS5 and PS6 cause MS has exclusives. So MS needs the PC and PS5 even tho much like you I wish it didn’t. At least for the core franchises. Halo, Gears and Forza and Fable. But here we are. Still I love Xbox as the better place to play and I am a fan for life. 😀

Love the music. 2026 is going to be great!!

For everyone that wants Xbox to go out of the hardware business or PS to go out of Hardware etc etc. this right here shows what competition does. Without a good BF6 game that sold over 10 million copies. We aren’t getting this from COD. Not saying they don’t have plan for the future of the series. Sure they do and it will be much better when they leave PS4 and XBOX ONE behind.but we need more hardware, we need more software and we need more new fresh ideas to drive the industry as a WHOLE forward. Sure sometimes trying a new idea fails, but sometimes it doesn’t. People acting like the next Xbox console is already dead, you know be right. It won’t outsell PS6, it will be pricey but who knows maybe they lean on OEM’s to build different price points. Like they do with their in house Surface line vs OEM hardware. But my point is we should be cheering on completion and new ideas. Trust me as a first person shooter fan, COD hasn’t talked like this in over a decade, and big shock BF hasn’t been great in 10 years.

@ZYDIO that is possible HAHA. I suppose thats how they get it to look so good in the first place. Then resell it to us with 60 fps. RDR2 on a high end PC with all setting turned up looks almost real. It’s crazy, i almost bought a PC to play it that way. But i try and stick to consoles. It’s what i know and like best. But some games on PC look insane if the rig is powerful enough. RDR2 is one of those games.

@ZYDIO i can’t even image how great that will look. RDR2 still looks great on a console that wasn’t even that powerful.